Casper City Council Votes Final Approval Of Food Truck Ordinance

Casper City Council on Tuesday passed on third reading the long-discussed and sometimes heatedly discussed ordinance about regulations about the operations of food trucks and other mobile vendors downtown and in the Old Yellowstone District.

There were no amendments to the ordinance the council approved at the second reading on May 15, according to the agenda and packet for Tuesday's meeting.

Councilmember Bob Hopkins again voiced his objection to the ordinance, saying that it allows food trucks to operate in a way that could disrupt traffic on the two busiest blocks downtown and hurt established restaurants downtown. "This is grossly unfair."

Dallas Laird said he didn't like the ordinance at all, saying it's unneeded.

But Jesse Morgan said gridlock won't happen.

Charlie Powell again said the amendment he successfully proposed earlier -- set aside a vacant city block for unrestricted use of food trucks -- would resolve a lot of problems and further foster the popularity of food trucks.